Download Alan Wallace`s Buddhist Teachers

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Alan Wallace’s Buddhist Teachers
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Dzongtse Rinpoche, from whom he first learned spoken and written
Tibetan and Buddhist ethics
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Lama Sherab Gyaltsen, from whom he received the oral transmission
and commentary on the classic treatise Parting From the Four
Obsessions from the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism
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H. H. Sakya Trinzin Rinpoche, from whom he received a Mañjushri
empowerment
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Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey, from whom he received his first instructions
on the “Lamrim” teachings on the stages of the path to enlightenment,
Shantideva’s classic treatise A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life, and
Maitreya’s treatise An Ornament for Higher Realization
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Dr. Yeshi Dhonden, from whom he received instructions on traditional
Tibetan medicine, including the Primary Tantra and Explanatory Tantra
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H. H. the Dalai Lama, from whom he received the five Buddhist lay vows,
full ordination as a Buddhist monk, the Bodhisattva vows of aspiring to
and venturing towards enlightenment, the oral transmission and
commentary on the Heart of Wisdom Sutra, Nagarjuna’s treatise The
Precious Garland, the oral transmission and explanation of Longchen
Rabjam’s Ease and Relaxation in Meditative Stabilization, the oral
transmission and explanation of Atisha’s Lamp for the Path to
Enlightenment, Tsongkhapa’s Songs of Experience on the Stages of the
Path to Enlightenment, The Three Principles of the Path, and The Prayer
of the Beginning and End, and teachings on The Eight Verses of Training
the Mind, A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life, the empowerment of
Avalokiteshvara, the empowerment of Tsongkhapa in the nature of
Avalokiteshvara, Mañjushri, and Vajrapani, the empowerment of
Kalachakra, the long-life initiation of White Tara, the empowerment of
Padmasambhava and his Eight Manifestations, a Mahayoga
empowerment of Vajrakilaya, a Kriyatantra empowerment of Amitabha,
and the empowerment of White Tara, Chintamanichakra
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Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche, from whom he received the
empowerments and commentaries on Yamantaka and Vajrayogini
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Tenzin Thrinley, from whom he studied Tibetan language
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Ngawang Dhondup, from whom he studied Tibetan language
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Geshe Legden, from whom he received instructions on “Collected
Topics” on Buddhist logic and debate
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Jeffrey Hopkins, from whom he received instruction on the fine points of
Tibetan grammar and the philosophical tenets of Buddhism
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Gen Lobsang Gyatso, from whom he received instruction on “Collected
Topics” of Buddhist logic and debate and Buddhist psychology
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Gen Nyima, from whom he received the oral transmission and
commentary on the Mañjushri prayer
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Kungo Barshi, from whom he received instructions on Chekawa’s
Seven-Point Mind-Training
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Goenka, from whom he received instruction on insight meditation in the
Theravada Buddhist tradition
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Kitti Subho, from whom he received instruction on insight meditation in
the Theravada Buddhist tradition
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Geshe Rabten, from whom he received the novice precepts of a
Buddhist monk and extensive instructions on the five preliminary
practices, Buddhist epistemology, logic, philosophy, and Vajrayana
empowerments and teachings, including An Ornament for Higher
Realization, Chandrakırti’s treatise A Guide to the Middle Way, Panchen
Lobzang Chökyi Gyaltsen’s primary text and commentary on
Mahamudra, empowerments and instructions on Avalokiteshvara,
Mañjushri, Vajrasattva, Yamantaka and Vajrayogini
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Namgyal Khen Rinpoche, from whom he received instruction on
Buddhist monastic ethics
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Lati Rinpoche, from whom he received instruction on Buddhist
meditation and the Medicine Buddha
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Geshe Nyima, from whom he received instruction on the Sutra of
Individual Liberation concerning monastic precepts
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Geshe Gendün Zangpo, from whom he received teachings on the
Grounds and Paths of Tantra
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Geshe Jhampa Lodrö, from whom he received the empowerment of
Vajrasattva
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Geshe Ugyen Tseten, from whom he received teachings on
Madhyamaka philosophy
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Shartse Khenzur Rinpoche, from whom he received teachings on the
Perfection of Wisdom
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Song Rinpoche, from whom he received instructions on Tsongkhapa’s
treatise on the Six Yogas of Naropa and empowerments and
commentaries on Yamantaka and Vajrayogini
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Geshe Thubten Ngawang, from whom he received instruction on
Vasubandhu’s Treasury of Knowledge
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Gen Jhampa Wangdü, from whom he received the oral transmission
and instructions on the practice of “Taking the Essence” (Chü-len)
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Baladgoda Anandamaitreya, from whom he received instruction on
meditative quiescence
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Gen Lamrimpa, from whom he received the complete oral transmission
of the Kalachakralaghutantra and its primary commentary The Stainless
Light, together with the commentaries and annotations of Butön, the oral
transmission and commentary on the Kalacakra Six-Session Guruyoga,
and instruction on the cultivation of meditative quiescence and
contemplative insight
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Robert Thurman, from whom he received instruction in Sanskrit and
Buddhist logic and epistemology
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Sakya Dagmo Jamyang Palmo, from whom he received the White Tara,
Chintamanichakra initiation, together with the oral transmission and
explanation of the practice, as well as an empowerment of Green Tara
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Lama Gömpo Tseden, from whom he received an empowerment of
Guru Padmasambhava
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Kalu Rinpoche, from whom he received the Kalachakra empowerment
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Khenpo Tsewang Gyatso, from whom he received an oral commentary
on the “Wisdom” chapter of A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life
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Gyatrul Rinpoche, from whom he received the oral transmission and
teachings on Releasing Oneself from Essential Delusion: Notes on the
Written Instruction In the Vajrasattva Mind Accomplishment of Dreams by
Lochen Dharma Shri, the oral transmissions and explanations of the
texts The Illumination of Primordial Wisdom: An Instruction Manual on
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the Utterly Pure Stage of Perfection of The Powerful and Ferocious Dorje
Drolö, Subduer of Demons, by H. H. Dudjom Rinpoche, Jigdral Yeshe
Dorje, A Spacious Path to Freedom and Naked Awareness by Karma
Chagmé, Natural Liberation by Padmasambhava, The Vajra Essence by
Düdjom Lingpa, the text The Fooling Dharma of an Idiot Who Wears Mud
and Feathers for Clothing by Düdjom Lingpa, the text The Wish-fulfilling
Gem of Siddhis: A Manual on the Two Stages of the Heart-Drop of the
Profound Path of the Dakinis by Dudjom Rinpoche, empowerments of
Vajrasattva, the Dudjom New Treasure lineage, the peaceful and
wrathful forms of Samantabhadra and his consort, and the Heart
Quintessence of “the Lake-Born” Padmasambhava
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Carl Bielefeldt, from whom he received instruction on the T'ien-t'ai school
of Chinese Buddhism
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Khenpo Jigmé Phuntsog, from whom he received the empowerments
for the Heart-drop of Vimalamitra (with some teachings), Mañjushri, and
Vajrakilaya
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Kalka Jetsun Dhampa Rinpoche, from whom he received the
empowerment and teachings on the 21 Taras, in conjunction with the
Six-Phase yoga of the Kalachakratantra, according to the Jonang order
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Kusum Lingpa, from whom he received Dzogchen teachings and the
Kalachakratantra empowerment according to the lineage of Lama
Mipham
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Khenchen Palden Sherab, from whom he received the empowerment of
the Guhyagarbhatantra
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H. H. Penor Rinpoche, from whom he received the empowerment of the
Medicine Buddha
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Tulku Orgyen, from whom he received the oral transmission and
commentary on the Guhyagarbhatantra